The examination system is an examination system in ancient China, is a basic system for the selection of officials in ancient times, the examination system was created in the Sui Dynasty, until the end of the Qing Dynasty was abolished, there is a history of more than 1,300 years, the emergence of the examination system has an important position in history.
China has been a big agricultural country for thousands of years, and in ancient times, it has always implemented the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, and being an official is the only way to get ahead, but before the imperial examination system, most of the official field was a hereditary system, and the son inherited the father's business, so the official field was once monopolized by the clan. In order to break this phenomenon, the rulers before the Sui and Tang Dynasties also made a lot of measures, the Qin implemented the knighthood according to military merit, and the Han initially established a system of electing talents and officials, called the inspection system, which also laid the foundation for the later imperial examination.
During the Two Han Dynasties, this was the most important way to select officials, and "raising xiucai" and "raising filial piety" refers to the people elected by various states and counties, which is the first time that "xiucai" has become the standard for selecting officials. The so-called "show talent" refers to excellent talent, in modern times, show talent is usually used as a metaphor for those who are knowledgeable and excellent, film and television dramas can often see the image of show talent, many people will ask, the ancient "show talent" culture is very high? What is the modern academic qualification of "Show Talent"?
Before the Tang Dynasty, Xiucai originally referred to people with excellent abilities, not only representing the full reading of the scriptures, after the Tang Dynasty, there were many types of examinations for the imperial examination, xiucai as one of them, was soon abolished, and after combining with the imperial examination system, it gradually became the title of a reader.
This shows that at the beginning of "Show Talent", it is not only required to read more, but also to have insight. During the Western Han Dynasty, "Xiucai" was not a regular subject once a year. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to avoid the name of the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, the "Xiucai" was changed to "Maocai", and the Han Guangwu Emperor ordered "the three dukes to raise Maocai alone" and "supervise the imperial history, si li, and zhou mu, and one person each to raise Maocai", and from then on, Xiucai became a once-a-year election.
Although Xiucai was called together with Xiao Lian, Xiu Cai was the state move, Xiao Lian was the county move, and the number of Xiu Cai was much less than that of Xiao Lian, and during the reign of Emperor Guangwu for twelve years, the number of Xiu Cai was only about twenty. Those who can be recommended as Xiucai are generally officials, because they already have seniority, most of them are recommended as Xiucai, Ren County Ling, Qianshi, and Xiaolian is generally Ren Lang Official, six hundred stones.
In the edict issued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "Mao Cai and others can be generals and envoys to the country", which means that if there are people among the officials and the people who have excellent talents and superior abilities, they can serve as generals or go as emissaries to distant places. It can be seen that the status of Xiucai is high, such treatment according to modern standards, say it or not, with academic qualifications as a comparison, Xiucai is also the best among the readers, equivalent to the students of the top school, or the excellent students in the top school.
Some of the ancients were first held up as filial piety, then as xiucai, and most of the people who were held up as xiucai finally had a very high status. In the Tang Dynasty, xiucai was the highest level, but xiucai was too difficult to test, and for more than thirty years, only one or two people passed the examination every year, so the xiucai section was abolished.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, although Xiucai gradually became a special name for readers, it still had a certain status, and becoming a Xiucai showed that he had knowledge and ability, and he could also be valued in some places.
But Xiucai is only a symbolic title after all, if you choose not to be an official, the name Xiucai is not of much use, because there is no Feng Lu, so many Xiucai can only be a teacher to maintain their livelihood after returning to their hometown.